Facts
- Population
- 179,630 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.3 %
- Net migration
- 116 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- Illinois
- Population base, April 2020
- 182,021 (2020)
- Births
- 2,072 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.5
- Deaths
- 1,954 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.9
- Natural change, 2023
- 118
- International migration
- 1,283 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -1,167 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 0.6
- Postal code
- IL
- FIPS code
- 17143
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.4 % |
| 2023 | 5.4 % |
| 2022 | 5.1 % |
| 2021 | 7.1 % |
| 2020 | 10.0 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.6 % |
| 2017 | 5.8 % |
| 2016 | 6.7 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 7.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 179,630 |
| 2023 | 178,735 |
| 2022 | 178,503 |
| 2021 | 179,847 |
| 2020 | 181,512 |